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The Kunsthaus Zurich has been collecting video art continuously since 1979. Video art is here understood as an independent, creative medium; consequently documentary and commercial productions are seldom represented. However, the library collects video documentaries on modern art.

The Collection holds works of exceptional international import – from the medium’s pioneering days in the sixties all the way through to the video boom of today, the Collection has works by internationally renowned artists as well as a cross-section of Swiss video productions.

An overview of works held by the Collection can be found in the Collection Volume 20 of the Kunsthaus Zurich: «Artist Videos : Development and Significance», ed. Ursula Perucchi-Petri, Stuttgart: Cantz 1996.